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MTV Movie Awards Host Jason Sudeikis Aces Our Word Association Quiz

Posted 6/3/11 3:13 pm EST by in Humor, Interviews, MTV Movie Awards, Video


Jason Sudeikis has been working plenty hard to prepare for this Sunday's MTV Movie Awards (9 p.m. ET, tune in!), so while he was taking a break from all that planning, MTV News caught up with the "Saturday Night Live" star for the umpteenth time in the past few days to check in on his progress.

MTV's Josh Horowitz decided to test Sudeikis' knowledge of some of the show's announced guests with a quick word association quiz, and the comedian passed with flying colors. But the best fun of these types of quizzes is trying to figure out how the person got from "Justin Bieber" to, say, "lefty." Don't let your mind go to the gutter, Sudeikis said it's because the crooning young pop star plays with his left hand in basketball.

We've come up with our own explanations behind Sudeikis' word associations after the jump, and feel free to share your own in the comments section below or on Twitter.

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MTV Movie Awards: Natalie Portman In 'Black Swan,' Steve-O In 'Jackass' And More Fight For Best Jaw Dropping Moment

Posted 6/1/11 5:14 pm EST by in MTV Movie Awards


It's not always easy getting the audience's jaws to drop over the course of a movie, but some of this year's outings really kicked things up a notch or twelve. Really, cutting off one's own arm in order to survive? Completely rearranging reality with just the simplest of thoughts? Flying through the air in a porta-potty filled with you-know-what?

Yeah, it's been a weird year for Jaw Dropping Moments, and we're putting the incredibly difficult task to you, the 2011 MTV Movie Awards voters: which moment was the best? Read on for all of the contenders, then make sure to place your vote for Best Jaw Dropping Moment today!

Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
If you thought that Nina Sayers was extreme during her steamy kiss with dancing colleague Lilly, you have no idea how intense she can get: and it all starts with one seemingly innocent hangnail.

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'Black Swan' Is The Third MTV Movie Awards Spoof To Be Revealed!

Posted 6/1/11 12:00 pm EST by in MTV Movie Awards, MTV Movie Awards Meme Spoofs


Movie AwardsThe 2011 MTV Movie Awards are just days away, but before you cast your vote for Best Movie, how about looking at each nominee through a slightly different lens?

MTV News has teamed up with Starbucks Frappucino ® for the MTV Movie Awards Meme Mash-Ups, where we'll be spoofing each of this year's Best Movie nominees by way of the internet's most beloved and most notorious viral clips, from Talking Twin Babies to David After the Dentist.

We revealed the first two Meme Mash-Ups already -- "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" retold through the lens of Talking Twin Babies and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" as interpreted by Charlie Sheen -- and today's winner is "Black Swan," through the lens of someone who really, really likes Friday!

After you watch the video, be sure to scroll down and vote for which clip we'll reveal on Thursday.

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MTV Movie Awards: From Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis To The 'Twilight' Love Triangle, These Are Your Best Kiss Contenders!

Posted 5/31/11 6:38 pm EST by in MTV Movie Awards, Video


It's been a big year for blockbuster romance, but in an ocean of powerful kisses, only one is mighty enough to walk away from the 2011 MTV Movie Awards with the coveted golden popcorn for the Best Kiss category.

You can cast your vote for Best Kiss right now, but before you do, how about puckering up and refreshing yourself on some of the contenders? Keep reading for our rundown of this year's Best Kiss nominees!

Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, "Black Swan"
At the height of Nina Sayers' trip towards a psychotic break, the up-and-coming and overly pressured dancer embarks on a drugged up night of passion with her colleague and rival Lilly — a memorable, if somewhat disturbing, first kiss.

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MTV Movie Awards Meme Spoofs: Best Movie Nominees Get Parodied!

Posted 5/27/11 2:00 pm EST by in MTV Movie Awards, MTV Movie Awards Meme Spoofs


Movie AwardsThe 2011 MTV Movie Awards are just around the corner, but before you cast your vote for Best Movie, how about looking at each nominee through a slightly different lens?

MTV News has teamed up with Starbucks Frappucino ® for the MTV Movie Awards Meme Mash-Ups, where we'll be spoofing each of this year's Best Movie nominees by way of the internet's most beloved and most notorious viral clips, from Talking Twin Babies to David After the Dentist. Every day, you'll vote on which movie spoof you want to see next, with the first video coming your way on Monday (May 30).

So, which spoof do you want to see first? Click past the jump for more details on each spoof, then cast your vote and make your voice heard!

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Darren Aronofsky Explains His Inspiration For 'Black Swan' In This Exclusive DVD Clip

Posted 3/30/11 1:45 pm EST by in DVD, Video


It isn't a secret that Darren Aronofsky had originally conceived "Black Swan" as a sister project to "The Wrestler," but never before have we heard the actual process through which the concept developed... until now, that is!


We got their hands on an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from the "Black Swan" DVD and Blu-ray, currently in stores, where Aronofsky discusses how he came up with the idea of a ballerina who performed in "Swan Lake" and found herself torn apart by a double persona -- and it all started with Aronofsky reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Double: A Petersberg Poem."

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'Black Swan' Controversy: Does It Matter If Natalie Portman Didn't Do All The Dancing?

Posted 3/28/11 1:20 pm EST by in News, Poll


Black SwanNow here's an accusation that definitely would have sent Nina Sayers over the edge.

Over the weekend, Entertainment Weekly reported that dancer Sarah Lane, the ballerina who worked as Natalie Portman's double in "Black Swan," claimed the Oscar-winning actress only did five percent "of the full body shots ... all the other shots are me." Lane, who was credited as “Hand Model,” “Stunt Double,” and “Lady in the Lane,” went on to claim that producer Ari Handel told her not to speak to the press about what she did in the movie.

"They wanted to create this idea in people’s minds that Natalie was some kind of prodigy or so gifted in dance and really worked so hard to make herself a ballerina in a year and a half for the movie, basically because of the Oscar," Lane told EW.

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Oscars 2011 Poll: Who Will Win Best Picture?

Posted 2/27/11 1:00 pm EST by in Oscars, Poll


With just hours to go before the Oscars launch, it's time to tackle the big question: who's going home with the Best Picture award?

In a field of ten nominees, it's seemingly once again down to two familiar competitors. Just as "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" raced neck-and-neck throughout the 2009 Academy Awards, tonight's show appears to be a similar throwdown between the popular favorite and the critical darling: "The Social Network" versus "The King's Speech."

But is the race really down to two? What of the other eight contenders? We've got some analysis after the jump, and make sure to cast YOUR vote for the Best Picture winner in our poll!

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Oscars 2011: If You Liked This Year's Best Picture Nominees, You'll Love These Movies

Posted 2/26/11 9:00 am EST by in Commentary, Oscars


There's this little shindig happening on Sunday — maybe you've heard of it — called the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. It's just a ceremony centered on the most coveted statuette in Hollywood; no big deal.

In a year where every category is fiercely competitive, there is perhaps no race more contentious than Best Picture. David Fincher's "The Social Network" and Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" are currently neck and neck among critics' predictions lists, but the other eight contenders all pose a threat as well. If you happened to enjoy this year's nominees, we thought you might appreciate some suggestions of which movies to explore next.

Get pumped for the big show by checking out these solid alternatives after the jump!

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Oscars 2011: Reviewing The Best Picture Contenders, Twitter-Style!

Posted 2/23/11 4:53 pm EST by in Commentary, Humor, Oscars


Let’s be honest: in this day and age, the idea of watching an entire 90-minute movie with uninterrupted concentration is almost inconceivable. Certainly not in a world where e-mail, commercials and, of course, Twitter completely rule our lives.

And it gets worse: this year's Oscar ceremony, airing on Sunday (February 27), has ten Best Picture nominees. Ten! It's hard enough to watch an entire movie on its own, and it's downright impossible to expect that you've seen all ten of the big contenders come Oscar night.

But as always, we have a solution. We're marrying our Twitter fixation with the Best Picture problem: we've seen every movie up for the award this year, and to bring you up to speed, we're reviewing each one of them Twitter style. After the jump, get our quick takes on all of the Best Picture nominees — in 140 characters or less, of course!

#BestPictureNominees, engage!

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